Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley recorded live at the For The Church Conference at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with guests Jared Wilson and Patrick Schreiner to answer questions from the audience.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Is the gospel political?
• Are doctrinal disagreements gospel disagreements?
• When sharing the gospel with people who don't have a religious background, what’s a good approach?
• How do you best share the gospel with cultural Christians?
• How can women remain faithful to scripture while serving in ministry in the church?
• How does the cultural climate influence churches in this conversation?
• How can I battle pride in ministry?
• Why should we become like Jesus today? Why is it good that we will ultimately be conformed to His glory?
• What dimension of the gospel do you find encouraging in this season of your life?

Guest Bios:

Jared C. Wilson serves as Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry, Author in Residence, and General Editor, For the Church. He is the author of a number of books, including but not limited to Gospel Wakefulness, The Prodigal Church, The Pastor’s Justification, and Supernatural Power for Everyday People. He also serves as an elder at Liberty Baptist Church. He and Becky have been married for twenty-three years, and they have two daughters: Macy and Grace.

Patrick Schreiner is the Director of the Residency PhD program, Associate Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Gene and Jo Downing Endowed Chair of Biblical Studies. He is the author of numerous books, including but not limited to; The Four Gospels: Jesus, the Hope of the World, The Transfiguration of Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Reading, a commentary on Acts, The Visual Word: An Illustrated Guide to the New Testament Books, and Political Gospel: Public Witness in a Politically Crazy World.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• For The Church Conference
• “Political Gospel” by Patrick Schreiner
• “Women and Ministry” Redeemer Presbyterian Church by Tim and Kathy Keller

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss the doctrine of sin; what is it and what it means for us.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What is a good definition of sin?
• What is the story of sin? What is happening in Genesis 3?
• What is Exile, and why is it significant?
• What is a sin of commission? What is a sin of omission?
• What does it mean to be Augustinian in our view of sin?
• Is sin individual, or has sin impacted the world at large?

Helpful Definitions:

• Hamartiology: Doctrine of Sin
• Sin: Rebellion against God.
  • Fractures our relationship with God, one another, the created order, and ourselves.
• Total Depravity: We have a sinful nature because of Adam and Eve.
• Exile: Lost access as humanity to the beatific presence with God.
  • The experience of pain and suffering that results from the knowledge that there is a home where one belongs, yet for the present one is unable to return there.
• Sin of commission: A sin that we commit, an action.
• Sin of omission: What we have left undone.
• Augustinian:
  • Gen 1-2: Able to not sin.
  • Gen 3: Not able to not sin.
  • Post Christ's life: Able to not sin.
  • Future: Not able to sin.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Romans 5, Genesis 1-3, Romans 3
• “Remember and Rehearse: An Invitation to Participate in God's Story” by JT English
• “Formed for Fellowship: Becoming What You Behold” by Kyle Worley

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what the imagery, symbols, and numbers found in Revelation 8-9 mean and how this passage can encourage us.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Where are we in the book of Revelation when we come into the seven trumpets?
• How are numbers being used?
• What do we see and hear in this passage?
• Is there symmetry between the Fourth Trumpet and Fourth Seal?
• What should we not miss before we get to the fifth angel?
• What is significant about the eagle?
• Who is the “star that had fallen from heaven? (9:1)
• What is this judgment?
• How does this echo the story of Exodus?
• How does this passage encourage us?
• How am I supposed to interpret cataclysmic events in the world as it relates to these judgments?

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Revelation 8-9, Exodus 7:14-11:10, Revelation 21-22, Jeremiah 23:15, Genesis 15, Luke 10:18
• “Revelation: Eternal King, Everlasting Kingdom” Jen Wilkin

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Kyle Worley is joined by Samuel Parkison to answer the questions, what is the beatific vision and why does it matter?

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What is the beatific vision and why does it matter?
• What makes heaven, heaven?
• What does it mean to behold God? What are we beholding?

Helpful Definitions:

• Beatific Vision: The blessed hope of seeing God in heaven.

Guest Bio:

Samuel G. Parkison is associate professor of theological studies and director of the Abu Dhabi Extension Site at Gulf Theological Seminary in the United Arab Emirates. Dr. Parkison earned his M.Div., Th.M., and Ph.D. at Midwestern Seminary, is a regular contributor to For the Church, and is an editor of Credo Magazine. He also serves as a pastor of teaching and liturgy at Emmaus Church. He is the author of Revelation and Response: The Why, How of Leading Corporate Worship Through Song and Thinking Christianly: Bringing Sundry Thoughts Captive to Christ, and To Gaze upon God: The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Exodus 33:18, Psalm 27:4, 1 Corinthians 13, 1 John 3:2, Revelation 22:4, 2 Corinthians 4
• “To Gaze upon God: The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice” by Samuel Parkison

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Kyle Worley is joined by Thomas Kidd to answer the question, what was the great awakening and what impact did it have on theological education?

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What was the great awakening and what impact did it have on theological education?
• Why were institutions needed at this time?

Guest Bio:

Thomas S. Kidd serves as Research Professor of Church History at Midwestern & the John and Sharon Yeats Endowed Chair of Baptist Studies.

Kidd has authored numerous books including but not limited to; Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh, Who Is an Evangelical? The History of a Movement in Crisis, American History, vols. 1 and 2, and Christian History, Volume 2: From the Reformation to the Present.

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley have a conversation about Revelation 6-8 and the symbolism and meaning of the text.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What is the Book of Revelation about?
• Where are we in the book of Revelation?
• What are the first four seals?
• Why are the creatures saying “come”?
• What is the fifth seal?
• Who are the earth dwellers?
• How do we get familiar enough with the Bible to begin to understand passages of scripture like this?
• What is happening in the sixth seal?
• What does 144,000 represent?
• What does Revelation 7:9-14 tell us?
• What is the seventh seal and what happens when is opened?
• How does this passage of scripture encourage you?

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Revelation 6-8, Revelation 1:5-8, Matthew 24:4, Exodus 28:36-38, Genesis 12, 15, & 17

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